Abstract
The rapid increase of population in the world causes an increase of food production, energy and the consumption of mineral resources. The urgent need to ensure food security of the country makes to study economic problems in agriculture and develop a strategy aimed at improving the efficiency of agricultural production. The article presents an examined contradictions of the interests of producers and consumers, exporters and importers. At the stage of searching for conceptual solutions, a study was conducted of foreign experience in ensuring food security, particularly its assessment and foreign experience applying in Kazakhstan. To develop Kazakhstan’s food security one should borrow not just any experience, but only the progressive strategy of civilized market and competitive products. The article presents the results of the agricultural sector analysis in several countries. According to the analysis large farms are prioritized over small ones based on the use of labor, resource and energy saving technologies. In ensuring food security, a proposal has been formulated on the cooperation of the Republic of Kazakhstan with leading organizations of the world that are involved in food security issues together with FAO UN. There are issues of protection and control over food quality considered. The article suggests the necessity of using the European countries’ experience in improving the quality and competitiveness of agricultural products. The experience of various countries in best food security help our country to develop new ways of reforming the agricultural sector of the economy and improve the efficiency of agricultural production.